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On 10/26/2012 11:39 AM, John Doty wrote:
> I can see somebody writing a new schematic editor using 21st century
> GUI conventions, but it wouldn't be gschem, it would be a new
> development. I can see somebody writing a more flexible netlister
> than gnetlist, but it would need a new architecture and would not be
> gnetlist any more (somebody could in principle develop lambda-geda in
> that direction, but Haskell isn't the most user-friendly language).

  Unfortunately, "21st century GUI conventions" pretty much means "an
iPad app", but fortunately, the engineering world has not moved in that
direction.

                 -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA